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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:05 PM Original message |
Burger King dumps extra-creepy "The King" character |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Glad to see that creepy mascot go. n/t |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. What exactly IS it that makes The King so creepy, though? |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. The fixed, open-mouthed smile. Looks like he wants to eat people. n/t |
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trueblue2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 05:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
58. good. i think bk's king is rotten looking. it isn't funny... just narly looking |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Burger King's always had some funny ass commercials. |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Well, the commercial where the guy wakes up in the |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks, Burger King... I still won't eat there... |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. I always thought he was modeled after Jeb Bush. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Alas the King is far older than Jeb |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. Wow, I remember that cartoon! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. When I could still eat bread |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. he always scared me. And McDonald's Hamburglar gave me nightmares, too. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Actually, all of the McDonaldland characters were created |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. The weather man? |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Yep. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ha-- I actually like the way they used that creepy mascot. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I loved it too. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Oh, of course not.-- that goes without saying. |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Shit. I'd eat at Jeffrey Dahmers Ribhut if the food were good. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. Thumbs up!! |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
8. Dang, that guy used to make me feel good in my special places. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. As long as they keep Subservient Chicken... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Now they can use him in horror movies, where he belongs. nt |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
12. They should bring back this dude... |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. Aw, no, don't dump the King! |
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ProgressoDem (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Maybe he can switch places with Gaddafi? |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. He'll live on in our (ahem) hearts... n/t |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. And several major arteries |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. How dare BK treat royalty that way. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. that's too bad. those edits of great football plays using the king were awesome.. |
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d_r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. wow whoppers cost 4.49 in California? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. It's the California Whopper (TM). It includes extras. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Like tofu and bean sprouts? n/t |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. I liked him... |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thank you Jesus. He was super creepy, I had nightmares of him for years after that one Superbowl |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. Mubarak, Qaddafi, and now the Burger King - Another People Power Victory! |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
28. Gives you nightmares, like that scary clown... |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. The King kind of looks like The Most Interesting Man in the World. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I think he looks like Jeff Bridges doing Ultra-Creepy Drag. Yuck. n/t |
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localroger (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. They brought the creepy King in because... |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Why do you hate the King, Grovelbot? |
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era veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
34. I have not eaten fast food in thirty years |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. That King was a pervert, peeking in windows and |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. And those are his *better* qualities. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. So long and farewell, Sweet King |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. whoa |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 02:41 AM Response to Reply #36 |
56. I got in trouble a few times at a job programming websites |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. awwww man...what a bummer |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. So...if the King is not a family-friendly advertisement, then who was his target audience |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Mean people with low blood sugar. |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. yeah, well I guess plenty of those got suckered! |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. ROFL! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
43. stopped spending money there cause of sexist ads. they can say didnt effect their #'s |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. only thing on their menu I bothered to order WAS the Whopper..screw whatever else they had |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
47. I hate Burger King in general but I liked the character. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
51. They NEED to bring back the Duke of Doubt! |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
57. Royalty just can't catch a break, these days. |
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